extreme weather and disease can affect americans. often it is low-income communities and people of color who bear the brunt of those growing threats. cnn s rainy marsh explains. reporter: it s been nearly three months since hurricane ida, a category 4 storm, slammed louisiana. yet this small black community of ironton looks like the storm hit yesterday. they ve got people that lost everything, don t know where they re going to get their next meal from. reporter: what is that like, having to know that every hurricane season you don t know if you re going to lose everything? i ve never been to war, but i can imagine what a young man that s been in the war and dealing with posttraumatic stress, because this is a form of posttraumatic stress. reporter: steps away from destroyed homes, caskets with the dead inside sit under the warm louisiana sun. the state-run cemetery task force has not returned them to their resting place after flood
going to lose everything again? i ve never been to war, but i can imagine what a young man that s been in the war and dealing with post-traumatic stress because this is a form of post-traumatic stress. reporter: steps away from destroyed homes, caskets with the dead inside sit under the warm louisiana sun. the state-run cemetery task force has not returned them to their resting place after floodwaters forced them from their grave sites. it s heartbreaking to see that no one s really trying to put them back. reporter: ironton is in b plakaman s perish. must of the area is below sea level and it has the distinction of being one of the fastest vanishing places on the planet due to sea level rise. a study found minorities are more likely to live on land endangered by rising sea levels and more likely to die from extreme temperatures.
if you re going to lose everything? i ve never been to war, but i can imagine what a young man that s been in the war and dealing with post-traumatic stress. this is a form of post-traumatic stress. reporter: steps away from destroyed homes, caskets with the dead inside sit under the warm louisiana sun. the state-run cemetery task force has not returned them to their resting place after floodwaters forced them from their gravesites. it is heartbreaking. to see that no one is really trying to put them back. reporter: ironton is south of new orleans. much of the area is below sea level, and it has the distinction of being one of the fastest vanishing places on the planet due to climate change and sea level rise. a recent study found minorities are more likely to live on land endangered by rising sea levels and more likely to die from